I Love Thee

By : Eliza Acton, 1799-1859

I love thee, as I love the calm

Of sweet, star-lighted hours!
I love thee, as I love the balm
Of early jes’mine flow’rs.
I love thee, as I love the last
Rich smile of fading day,
Which lingereth, like the look we cast,
On rapture pass’d away
I love thee as I love the tone
Of some soft-breathing flute
Whose soul is wak’d for me alone,
When all beside is mute.
I love thee as I love the first
Young violet of the spring;
Or the pale lily, April-nurs’d,
To scented blossoming.
I love thee, as I love the full,
Clear gustings of the song,
Which lonely—sad—and beautiful—
At night-fall floats along,
Pour’d by the bul-bul forth to greet
The hours of rest and dew;
When melody and moonlight meet
To blend their charm, and true.
I love thee, as the glad bird loves
The freedom of its wing
On which delightedly it moves
In wildest wandering.
I love thee as I love the swell,
And hush, of some low strain,
Which brigeth, by its gentle spell,
The past to life again.
Such is the feeling which from thee
Nought earthly can allure:
‘Tis ever link’d to all I see
Of gifted—high—and pure!
Rhyme

I love thee, as I love the calm a

Of sweet, star-lighted hours! b
I love thee, as I love the balm a
Of early jes’mine flow’rs. b
I love thee, as I love the last c
Rich smile of fading day, d
Which lingereth, like the look we cast, c
On rapture pass’d away d
I love thee as I love the tone e
Of some soft-breathing flute f
Whose soul is wak’d for me alone, e
When all beside is mute. f
I love thee as I love the first g
Young violet of the spring; h
Or the pale lily, April-nurs’d, g
To scented blossoming. h
I love thee, as I love the full, i
Clear gustings of the song, j
Which lonely—sad—and beautiful— i
At night-fall floats along, j
Pour’d by the bul-bul forth to greet k
The hours of rest and dew; l
When melody and moonlight meet k
To blend their charm, and true. l
I love thee, as the glad bird loves m
The freedom of its wing n
On which delightedly it moves m
In wildest wandering. n
I love thee as I love the swell, o
And hush, of some low strain, p
Which brigeth, by its gentle spell, o
The past to life again. p
Such is the feeling which from thee q
Nought earthly can allure: r
‘Tis ever link’d to all I see q
Of gifted—high—and pure! r

This is the quatrains poem

Speaker
This poem, I think the poet use dramatic monologue character because the poet
like talking to him/herself.

Audience
This poem address to another character in this poem.

Subject
The subject of this poem is LOVE.

Theme
The theme is the honest feel about love for his / her darling.
Diction
This poem used denotation and connotation words, because it mean to the real
meaning but sometimes effected by emotions.
Imagery
This poem use may imageries and this is the list:
• Olfactory imagery
• Visual imagery
• Auditory imagery
• Kinesthesia
Figures of Speech
I think this poem use many figures of speech and this is the list:
Simile
Personification
Anthromorphism